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Expert urges action to prevent energy crisis
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/11/2012
» The government should be promoting energy-efficient buildings to help avert possible electricity shortages within the next 20 years, an academic says.
Fishermen demand policy role
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/11/2012
» Fishermen are demanding more say in the country's fishery policies ahead of a draft amendment of the Fishery Act.
Seeds of innovation
Business, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/11/2012
» The food business is increasingly reliant on research and development as eating habits reflect higher demand for health food and a swelling world population means more mouths to feed.
Court urged to speed dam protest case
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/11/2012
» Xayaburi dam opponents have asked the Central Administrative Court to conduct an emergency hearing in a bid to block the sale of electricity from the controversial Lao dam to Thailand.
Govt prepares quake manuals
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/11/2012
» Manuals providing post-quake evacuation and earthquake preparation instructions for Thais _ especially those living in three at-risk provinces _ will soon be distributed, says the director of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Policy Bureau.
Cleft lip disorder, rice projects get B40m
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/11/2012
» Two scientists from Chulalongkorn University and Kasetsart University have been granted a total of 40 million baht for stem cell research into helping people with the cleft lip and cleft palate disorders, and for improving rice strains.
Dept loses B9bn Klong Dan fight
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/11/2012
» The Administrative Court has ordered the Pollution Control Department to pay 9 billion baht to a consortium involved in the corruption-plagued Klong Dan waste water treatment project in Samut Prakan.
Gulf radar to combat erosion
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/11/2012
» The Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Gistda) plans to set up a coastal radar station along the Gulf of Thailand to collect data to deal with coastal erosion and storm surges.
Wildlife trade clampdown touted ahead of Cites meet
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/11/2012
» National parks and wildlife authorities will step up their campaign against wildlife smuggling to boost the global community's confidence in Thailand as the country prepares to host the Cites conference next year.
Dept shelves plan to issue forest land rights to poor
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/11/2012
» A Royal Forest Department project to allocate land rights documents to forest dwellers has been shelved, after environmentalists objected.